Technologies

Introduction

Today’s tailcones made of composite materials are heavy mainly because of the large number of requirements introduced by the equipment integration. They are also costly due primarily to the manufacturing cost of the double curvature stiffened structure (partly due to assembly constraints and partly to lay up constraints).

The state-of-the-art technologies in the ADVITAC project have been selected to address key project goals associated with lowered cost and lowered weight including automated processes, fastener less fully integrated structure, enhanced composite properties, new structures & architecture:

• Complex dry reinforcement: Fibre placement system
• Liquid Composite Moulding: Infusion & Structural Health Monitoring
• Through thickness reinforcement (TTR)
• Nano composite materials
• Novel mould development